PLAYED AT: Yublieyny Ice PalaceDate: May 17, 2016GAME NOTES: CANADA FALLS TO FINLAND, FINISHES SECOND IN GROUP B
WENDY GRAVES
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Despite outshooting its opposition and being perfect on the penalty kill, Canada’s National Men’s Team fell 4-0 to Finland on Tuesday to finish second in Group B at the 2016 IIHF World Championship.
The loss ended Canada’s 16-game winning streak at the men’s worlds. It also marked the first time the team had been shut out since 2006, when it lost 5-0 to Finland in the bronze medal game.
After allowing only four goals in its previous six games, Canada gave up as many to a Finnish team that completed the preliminary round 7-0-0-0.
Canada went 6-0-0-1 and now faces Sweden in the quarter-finals.
There was a sense this could be a low-scoring game; coming in Canada and Finland had surrendered a combined 10 goals in 12 games.
Canada did its best to put Finland on its heels early, firing six shots on net over the first four minutes. Its tournament-best penalty kill – operating at a 94 percent success rate – didn’t allow Finland to set up anything in the offensive zone on its first man-advantage.
The Canadians went five for five on the penalty kill. It was at even strength where things went wrong.
A three-goal second period gave Finland control of the game.
Lack of communication deep in the Canadian zone led to the first Finnish goal. Cam Talbot (Caledonia, Ont./Edmonton, NHL) played the puck behind his net, unaware of a forechecking Mikko Rantanen closing in on him. Rantenen sent the puck to the point for Tommi Kivisto, who took a few strides in from the blue line and beat Talbot with a shot through traffic.
It marked the first time Canada had trailed at the worlds since its opening game against the United States.
Ten minutes later Leo Komarov’s shot from just inside the face-off circle went under Talbot’s glove arm and trickled over the goal line.
Less than three minutes after that the lead was three. Mika Pyorala sent a centering pass to Sebastian Aho. Aho hit the post, but Pyorala followed the play and put the puck into the open net.
Finland added one more early in the third. Talbot stopped Pyorala’s shot from the wing, but sent a big rebound out to Jamo Koskiranta.
Canada finally got a power play opportunity of its own 8:21 into the third period, but was unable to use the man-advantage to break up Mikko Koskinen’s shutout.
Canada outshot Finland 21-19.

Visiting Team: Canada

Home Team: Finland

CANADA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

31

Pickard, Calvin

G

33

Talbot, Cam

4

Hall, Taylor

5

Ceci, Cody

6

Ellis, Ryan

7

Matheson, Michael

8

Tanev, Chris

9

Duchene, Matt

10

Hutton, Ben

11

Gallagher, Brendan

14

Dumba, Matt

16

Domi, Max

19

Brassard, Derick

23

Reinhart, Sam

24

Perry, Corey

27

Murray, Ryan

38

Jenner, Boone

44

Rielly, Morgan

55

Scheifele, Mark

61

Stone, Mark

63

Marchand, Brad

90

O'Reilly, Ryan

97

McDavid, Connor

CANADA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

19

2:00

Slashing minor

13:21

1

13:21

8:39

1st

63

2:00

Roughing minor

19:33

1

19:33

2:27

2nd

97

2:00

Tripping minor

7:57

1

7:57

14:03

3rd

55

2:00

Roughing minor

10:09

10:09

11:51

3rd

11

2:00

Tripping minor

12:45

1

12:45

9:15

3rd

24

2:00

Tripping minor

17:00

1

17:00

5:00

FINLAND LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Saros, Juuse

G

19

Koskinen, Mikko

G

32

Backstrom, Niklas

2

Pokka, Ville

4

Kivisto, Tommi

5

Kukkonen, Lasse

6

Jaakola, Topi

7

Lindell, Esa

9

Koivu, Mikko

20

Aho, Sebastian

24

Lajunen, Jani

28

Salmela, Anssi

29

Laine, Patrik

36

Jokinen, Jussi

37

Pyorala, Mika

38

Hietanen, Juuso

40

Koskiranta, Jarno

41

Pihlstrom, Antti

51

Sallinen, Tomi

55

Ohtamaa, Atte

56

Pulkkinen, Teemu

61

Barkov, Aleksander

64

Granlund, Mikael

71

Komarov, Leo

96

Rantanen, Mikko

FINLAND PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

3rd

9

2:00

(auto) Hooking minor

8:21

1

8:21

13:39

3rd

41

2:00

Roughing minor

10:09

10:09

11:51

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

FINLAND PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

FINLAND Goals

FINLAND PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd

6:10

4-96

2nd

16:03

71-64

2nd

18:50

37-20

3rd

2:32

40-37

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

CANADA

0 / 1

FINLAND

0 / 5

PENALTY SUMMARY

CANADA

12 min / 6 inf

FINLAND

4 min / 2 inf

POINT SUMMARY

CANADA

0 G + A = 0 Pts

FINLAND

4 G + 4 A = 8 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

Total

CANADA

0

0

0

0

FINLAND

0

3

1

4

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

Tot.

On

Off

CAN - Talbot (60:00) (L)

5

4

6

15

/0:00

3rd/20:00

FIN - Koskinen (60:00) (W)

8

5

8

21

/0:00

3rd/20:00

Stars of the Game

TIME OF GAME:

-

Start:

1:15 PM

-

End:

1:15 PM

-

Attendance:

0

OFFICIALS

Referee:

Referee:

Linesman:

Linesman:

CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Championship Game Report.